86R8461 KJE-D
By: Cole H.B. No. 2084
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a reduction of the amount required to be paid by school
districts with high enrollment of educationally disadvantaged
students to achieve the equalized wealth level under the public
school finance system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 41, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 41.0935 to read as follows:
Sec. 41.0935. REDUCTION FOR DISTRICT WITH HIGH ENROLLMENT
OF EDUCATIONALLY DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. (a) This section applies
only to a school district in which more than 40 percent of the
enrolled students are educationally disadvantaged.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
school district to which this section applies that executes an
agreement to purchase all attendance credits necessary to reduce
the district's wealth per student to the equalized wealth level may
reduce the total amount required to be paid for attendance credits
under Section 41.093 by a percentage equal to the amount by which
the percentage of students enrolled in the district who are
educationally disadvantaged exceeds 40 percent.
(c) A reduction under Subsection (b) shall be made after
making any reduction to which the district is entitled under
Section 41.0931, 41.097, or 41.098 or another provision of this
chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.